Weapon and/or ammunition

ABSTRACT

Life saving weapon and/or ammunition that comprises a remotely controlled firing mechanism to unlock and lock the striker remotely. The striker (S) is provided or modified with a hole or cavity (C 44 ) which is to filled or vacated as per commands issued from remote command center, e.g., police control. The a miniature motor with gears and belt or alike mechanism may drive the motorized locking pin (ML) into the said hole/cavity, which immobilizes the striker and prevents the firing.

The present invention relates to a life saving weapon and/or ammunition according to the preamble of the claim 1

Once weapons & ammunitions are distributed or licensed, 100% control over them and misuse prevention is lost. In most cases of casualties, there are only regrettable costly losses. Like Nuclear understanding & cooperation on a global scale, this solution guarantees to even make terrorists incapable to use the killing machines. These are serious concerns in our emotionally imbalanced world, hampering the overall good of humankind.

The primary object of the present invention is provide a new and inventive weapon and/ammunition in order solve the problem above. In general the problem has been solved by the weapon and/or ammunition according to the preamble of the claim 1. The general features are defined in characterizing part of the claim 1. Then, there is proposed a promising solution to end unwanted, illegal or insane use of weapons. It offers bulletproof guarantees to save lives by stopping avoidable killings. It can be a decisive silver lining asserting the very thin line between life and death. Target beneficiary is thus every human being in this world directly or indirectly for all money saved as a result is all well spent.

To be effective, this solution needs to phase out/replace all uncontrolled weapons throughout globe. This appears to be unpractical at first but with careful thinking, undoubtedly, the benefits far outweigh the economics & complexities involved for the total call off or restricting the uncontrolled weapons. There are few facts which are to be considered:

A. People can be given authorized licensed weapons but most of the times they end up being used in undesired killings. Most of the times, the same authorized people, turn insane under humanly life situations such as insolvency, drunken state, divorce, revengeful actions to name a few. These human uncontrollable circumstances somehow lead to undesired Insane use and killings. The killers also, later, get a life worst than death in the form of justified punishments and rest aftereffects. While it is perfectly respected that humans can loose self control under unavoidable unfortunate life situations, once the rage/anger subsides, the same person is also left tortured for lifetime. Undoubtedly a few second cost huge losses to the individuals & society as whole. All immortals, doesn't matter even if VVIPs, can fall prey to emotional outbursts. It is perfectly normal & respected. Still Law enforcement agencies can avert any situation in the penultimate moment. It works like nuclear umbrella or shield. Still, finally, the permanently activated weapon is a conditional privileged possibility, whether political or administrative usage come into play. This solution is 0-100% flexible and sole intention is to benefit mankind finally.

B. Then there is illegal possession case. In first place when all existing uncontrolled weapons and/or ammunitions are controlled weapons and there are no uncontrollable weapons remaining, even the illegally acquired weapons can be monitored and disarmed. This requires nation-by-nation calling off of all such uncontrolled weapons within their own respective boundaries and replacing with hereby-proposed solution(s). This massive scale swapping is definitely tiresome, large scale and costly movement but the benefits far outweigh the cumbersome task. Then it is very much feasible when mass movement is initiated at national level by respective governments. All political, economic and management factors combined cannot match the benefits including money.

C. When lives are lost, we have to consider so much precious human & natural resources lost, the time & resources needed to build those humans, their possible contributions to mankind, if continued to live, the time, energy and money needed to go thru the criminal investigations, legal proceedings, insurances met and numerous other such factors.

D. This proposed method is mostly applicable to civilian distribution of weapons. The military guarding the border can continue with uncontrollable weapons due to the nature of its requirements, if this solution is not thought to be useful there. Though there are global occurrences of killings within the teams itself, under stress.

E. With the globally monitored, CCTV laden places and all sorts of monitoring systems & devices covering civilian landmasses, this proposed solution guarantees to stop any undesired unnecessary use. Thus feasibility wise, the needed monitoring infrastructures are already in place, globally. When entering remote areas, still the solution can work as desired.

F. For & against issues can, forever remain a topic of discussion and the intention here is just to prevent any further killings than ones desired for national security in world over civilizations.

G. Police/authorities, globally, will get supreme control over actual weapon use, ensuring guaranteed security to people, which is the basics for existence for all policing systems in world.

H. Sure shot accountability and traceability is the eventuality with this invention, finally benefiting all.

I. Recent killings in Switzerland can surely justify the necessity and implementation of this solution.

J. Most important point is to recall that once a person is handed or authorized, an innocent looking weapon, the police and security systems loose each & every control over the use, killer and potential crime preventions. Worst part is that the intention, movements, psychology and moments prior to firing weapons is totally unknown, uncontrollable and always a missed & repented opportunity. Needless to say, then the security systems are left totally impotent and useless—to later witness the immense losses, direct and indirect, only post firing and death.

K. Only the closely affected people understand the stigma caused. Yet, nothing can be Undone!

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1:

-   -   S—striker/striker assembly; A—Section modified for conventional         bullets; B—Section left for suitable modifications to adapt new         design (can cushion shock absorption for C section); C—Section         for housing switches—(1) mechanical, (2) electronic         switch/fuse, (3) wireless NFC-RF SOC (system on chip or a small         RF circuit)

FIG. 2 (Magnified):

-   -   SP—Spring coil; P1—Pin head Position 1, when striker is normal;         P2—Pin head Position 2 when trigger is pressed, Striker hits the         bullet

FIG. 3 (Magnified):

-   -   C1—Metallic contact point (both C1 & C2 will be shorted by         struck pin P closing the circuit); C2—Metallic contact point         (both C1 & C2 will be shorted by struck pin P closing the         circuit); C3—Fuse of corresponding appropriate value (will         dissipate enough heat on blowing off to ignite fire); C4—RF         sensitive chipset that will make alive/switch on the fuse C3         when the key assembly says. C3 and/or C1 & C2 are immersed in         highly combustible gunpowder for instant ignition. To include C1         & C2 also submerged in gunpowder is production time decision. C3         necessarily will be.

FIG. 4 (Magnified):

-   -   Weapon Triggered/Striker released position. This shorts C1 & C2         closed circuit. (Pin may be returned to original position. It is         a production time decision for reusable part A, B, C)

FIG. 5: Optional (Needs Full striker assembly modification)

-   -   ML—motorized locking pin M—Miniature Motor; H—Hole is the         striker, inside which ML drives in; C44—The electronic KEY. Can         be mounted/attached to the weapon or wearable on Wrist.

ABBREVIATIONS

RF (Radio frequency); NFC (Near Field Communications); Wireless (Each and all wireless modules, protocols or technologies, i.e. Zigbee etc.); RFID (Radio Frequency Identification).

Depending upon economic factors following choices from the proposed solutions can be made:

-   -   (1) Calling back of all old bullet cartridges and replacing them         with RF/NFC/Wireless chip based cartridges. FIG. 1 to FIG. 4         depicts the conceptual implementation. Then C44 is external         unlocking KEY (wrist wearable or attachment)     -   (2) Calling back of ALL weapons & replacing them with this one         with modified striker assembly i.e. FIG. 5     -   (3) Incorporate both (1) & (2) above FIG. 1 to FIG. 5

DESCRIPTION & WORKING CONCEPTS

1. To keep the change at minimalistic levels for economics involved in productions, the only modification is proposed in the general firing mechanism of weapons. Operation is simple, to unlock and lock the striker remotely. Striker is modified with a simple hole/cavity. This cavity is filled or vacated as per commands issued from C44 (& from police control). The miniature motor with gears & belt or similar mechanism, can drive the ML (Motorized Locking pin) into the hole or cavity. Thus the striker itself gets locked. When striker can't move, firing can't happen. This can be achieved in few seconds remotely.

2. Even if all distributed weapons can't be called/phased Off, there is still a feasible cheaper solution—To stop producing old bullets & cartridges and introduce these RF/NFC wireless chip based cartridges or bullets. Undoubtedly, this is not only practical but also highly cost effective & practical. The cartridges/bullets then have C4 RF wireless chips. Using latest advancements in technologies, the C4 can be energized by C44 (C44 in turn gets commands remotely from police control) to unlock/lock the activation of C3. C3 is a very low resistance fuse, very finely made. It is made of suitable material and rating such that very small amount of current stored in active SMD components of the C4, can blow it off, enough producing heat for gunpowder. The heat power dissipated is enough to fire the ignition chamber of the bullet. Notably, the current in C3 is enabled/disabled remotely using C44. C44 unit has to be in proximity of the weapon. Depending upon its ON/OFF state, the bullet fires normally when Weapon is triggered, forcing the striker to push the Pin inside the bullet, from position P1 to P2. The action is smooth, non violent and seamless to make contact of C1 to C2 & complete the electric firing mechanism. The fuse blows off producing ample heat to ignite the gunpowder. (The concept given here leaves ample optimization options for mechanical & electrical designs and thus out of scope of this current document.)

3. The electronics proposed is used to simply Lock & Unlock the striker AND/OR cartridges remotely, i.e. by police. Thus either way it is guaranteed to work fully.

4. The electronics comprise of GPS, GSM, RF, NFC etc., Satellite based and latest available cellular modules. microphone, camera can be added on to get real time simpler data. Whole electronics C44 is battery powered while C4 gets very small wireless power i.e. thru electromagnetic inductions, just enough to operate & ignite the propelling fire in combustible matter. The battery charge in C44 can be retained for weeks, thanks to modern technological advancements. This ensures that the device can be constantly monitored globally—when usable. When unusable, none needs to care.

5. It (Striker and/or C4 bullet) will automatically get the Locked mode under following:

-   -   5.1 Low battery condition (this is intended forced         implementation) The Recharging/energizing patterns by the         (potential) killer, will alarm the police control. The sole         reason of energizing or Recharging the weapon Key (C44) battery         will mean that A Firing is highly probable and gives ample time         for countermeasures i.e. locking the weapon remotely by police.         The criminal cant trick by switching off the monitoring system.         Thus, if a potent killer, the weapon will be traceable &         lockable at all times. With latest batteries, a single charge         can keep the weapon active for weeks altogether thereby reducing         this burden. The devices periodically syncs the police control         room with minimalist statistics.

5.2 Entering a remote area uncovered by cellular signals (this is intended forced implementation) Most crimes are executed in suburbs and far off places to permanently dispose, hide the body including evidences. Any person, intending to hold the weapon legally, still has to be Re-authorized by police to keep the weapon active. Naturally the police has ample time and resources like locational information to prevent the crimes.

5.3 Disassembly or removal of firing mechanism assembly. The whole firing assembly is 1 piece factory made. This is to ensure that any tampering to the firing mechanism or electronics is impossible. (the ordnance factories already have real capabilities to achieve such designs.) Any attempt to tamper will alert the police and disarm the weapon.

5.4 Intended locking by police remotely. Whenever there is a crime or suicide, there are human track-able indications, which can be easily monitored, and mishaps prevented. No drastic change happens overnight in normal humans. There are traceable factors, behavioral patterns prior to all mishaps/crimes/suicides etc.:

-   -   Person constantly suffering mental illness and doctor visits are         potentials triggering alarm     -   Persons facing acute life conditions, definitely reporting in         social offices, alarm     -   Persons facing business or other big losses whose data is         alarming at banks, alarms     -   All other track-able warning records in any civilized population         system     -   terrorist alerts     -   Suspected Charging/discharging patterns of the C44 unit,     -   All other tracked traced user data monitoring over         phone/electronic media etc.     -   Others . . .

6. When programmed to do so, the C44 unit will uplink/downlink ACK/sync/management or data packets voluntarily and also involuntarily. Apart from device health checks this facilitates any interventions or alert based intrusion from the control room.

7. There is no User Privacy issues or statements needing approval when there is serious question on human lives. If armed person (& potential killer) is worried for her privacy, he can very well switch off the device inactive or refrain from even carrying them in public places etc.

8. In case of any production interests, the intricate details of software & hardware can be worked upon immediately following the license.

The invention is described above only by means of a preferred embodiment thereof. Therefore amendment and variations and functionally equivalent alternatives are possible within the scope of protection defined by the accompanying claims. 

1. A weapon and/or ammunition, characterized by a remotely controlled firing mechanism thereof to unlock and lock the striker remotely, wherein the striker (S) is provided or modified with a hole or cavity (C44) which is to filled or vacated as per commands issued from remote command center, e.g., police control, whereby a miniature motor with gears and belt or alike mechanism may drive the motorized locking pin (ML) into the said hole/cavity, which immobilizes the striker and prevents the firing.
 2. The weapon and/or ammunition according to claim 1, characterized in that the cartridges/bullets of are provided with RF sensitive wireless chips (C4).
 3. The weapons and/or ammunition according to claim 2, characterized in that wireless chips (C4) are energized by the hole/cavity (C44) that receives commands remotely to unlock/lock the activation of a fuse (C3) that is preferably a very low resistance and very finely made fuse.
 4. The weapon and/or ammunition according to claim 3, characterized in that the fuse (C3) is made of suitable material and rating such that very small current amount stored in active SMD components of the chips (€4), can blow it off, enough producing heat for gunpowder, whereby the heat power dissipated is enough to fire the ignition chamber of the bullet.
 5. The weapon and/or ammunition according to claim 3, characterized in that the electronics locks and unlocks the striker (S) and/or cartridges/bullets remotely, i.e. by police.
 6. The weapon and/or ammunition according to claim 5, characterized in that the electronics in the hole/cavity (C44) comprises GPS, GSM, RF, NFC, Satellite based and other cellular modules, whereby microphone, camera units may can be added on to get real time simpler data, and that the said electronics in the hole/cavity (C44) is battery powered while the electronics in the hole/cavity (C44) receives very small wireless power i.e. thru electromagnetic inductions, the power being enough to operate and ignite the propelling fire in combustible matter,
 7. The weapon and/or ammunition according to claim 5, characterized in that the weapon and/or ammunition gets locked the under circumstances selected from the group comprising: Low battery condition, entering a remote area that uncovered by cellular signals, disassembly or removal of firing mechanism assembly, intended locking remotely, e.g. by police. 